The BNP gained their first EU member,Â (as noted Â by Patrick Cleburne below)Â as well as winning some County Council elections, which are more important than their American equivalent. The UK has 61 million people in it, but its small physical size means that it's organized in counties rather than states. British journalists and politicians who think that the BNP is a Bad Thing might want to readHow PC Boosts Le Pen, by Theodore Dalrymple, about a similar situation in France: